Biography Of T. B. Dubois: A Brief History

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In 1934, Dubois resigned from the NAACP after the struggle with other leaders over the control of Crisis. He believed the organization was neglecting the needs of the common people and focused more on the black middle class. He returned to the Atlanta University as chairman of the Department of Sociology. Over the next ten years he wrote several books to include; Black Reconstruction and Dusk of Dawn as well as an autobiography. In 1944, Dubois left Atlanta University and returned to the NAACP as director of special research. That same year he became the honorary vice chairman of the Council on African American, an organization labeled by the office of attorney general and the first to welcome women as equal members. The
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